The losses were two officers and six men killed, two officers and ten men missing, believed killed, and four officers and eight men wounded. The greater number of these were hit while leaving the _Vindictive_. They were taken off under very heavy machine-gun fire by motor-launches under Lieutenant Bourke, R.N.V.R., and Lieutenant Geoffry Drummond, R.N.V.R. When the latter reached the _Warwick_ his launch was shot to pieces and unseaworthy, he himself was severely wounded, his second in command, Lieutenant Gordon Ross, R.N.V.R., and one seaman, were killed, and a number of others wounded. Day was breaking and they were still within easy range of the forts, so the good ship motor-launch 254 was sunk by a charge in her engine-room. The triumphant return was made without even the most distant attempt at interference by the nine German destroyers. It was a fine chance for a counterstroke with superior force, but the nine did not see it. Ostend remained, like Zeebrugge, a complete British victory. AT THE BALLANTYNE PRESS PRINTED BY SPOTTISWOODE, BALLANTYNE AND CO. LTD. COLCHESTER, LONDON AND ETON, ENGLAND _By Sir Henry Newbolt_ =Submarine and Anti-Submarine.= By Sir HENRY NEWBOLT, Author of “Tales of the Great War,” “The Book of the Thin Red Line,” “The Book of the Blue Sea,” etc. With Coloured Frontispiece and 20 other illustrations by Norman Wilkinson, R.I. Crown 8vo. $2.25 _net_. This book contains a collection of tales of the submarine campaign, based on authentic narratives hitherto unpublished. It also traces the evolution of the undersea boat from its earliest days, demolishing the German claim that it is the product of German ingenuity and skill. Among other introductory chapters is one on the submarine war as an illustration of the contrast between the national spirit of England and that of Germany. =The Book of the Happy Warrior.= With 8 Coloured Plates and 25 Pictures in black-and-white by Henry J. Ford. Crown 8vo. $2.25 _net_. “A compilation of tales of chivalry; of Roland, Cœur de Lion, St. Louis, Robin Hood, Bayard, Du Gueselin and the Black Prince, the French and English wars, and other famous wars and warriors. The whole tone of it is vibrant with true heroism, which means gentleness and loyalty as well as prowess in arms; and its closeness to the text of the ‘Chanson de Roland’ and other classic tales is a quality worthy of high praise.”--_N. Y. Tribune._ “Ought to be in the library of every Boy Scout.”--_Philadelphia Ledger._ =Tales of the Great War.= With 7 Coloured Plates and 32 Illustrations in black-and-white by Norman Wilkinson and Christopher Clark. Crown 8vo. $2.25 _net_. “... Vivifies, as official reports cannot, the fighting in Flanders and France, the sea battles off South America, the air war and the great naval battle of Jutland.... To an unusual degree the book is alive....”--_Boston Post._